Beautifully Elegant Double Cormorants

Beautifully Elegant Double Cormorants
walrus ivory, baleen
7.375"h x 2.375"w x 1.375"d

Ronald Apangalook, a Siberian Yup’ik artist from the village of Gambell, Alaska, created this beautiful, finely carved stylized figure of two Cormorants. This wonderful piece is carved from a single piece of walrus ivory with the eyes created from baleen and the bird's bills fossil walrus ivory.

This elegant piece exemplifies Ronald's fine attention to detail and his sophisticated carving technique. Ronald’s Yup'ik name is Qaygeghutkaq (shortened to Qay), literal translation “put on top”. The piece is signed carved QAY on the bottom.

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Alaska Native ivory art is highly collectable but it is important to be an educated buyer. For more information refer to Alaska Native Ivory brochure from the U.S. Department of the Interior – Indian Arts and Crafts Board online: https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/uploads/iacb_alaska_ivory_brochure_2018_web.pdf